Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 217 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 59% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.51 on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 4, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.49 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.4% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 326,845 acre feet

This is 87.89% of the average of 371,880 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 153,572 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 147,784 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 173,273 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 189.57% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 27.81% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -1.18 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.68 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.62 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, May 05, 2026
6036.51
-0.09
1,024,408
54
476
61.7
50.2
Mon, May 04, 2026
6036.60
-0.04
1,025,329
804
455
68.7
52.2
Sun, May 03, 2026
6036.64
-0.03
1,025,739
829
456
73.5
48.8
Sat, May 02, 2026
6036.67
-0.01
1,026,046
917
450
66.6
45.5
Fri, May 01, 2026
6036.68
-0.04
1,026,148
615
445
66.4
44.9
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
6036.72
-0.04
1,026,558
818
441
65.5
51.8
Wed, Apr 29, 2026
6036.76
-0.06
1,026,968
167
438
68.4
49.5
Tue, Apr 28, 2026
6036.82
-0.01
1,027,583
423
436
63.7
44.0
Mon, Apr 27, 2026
6036.83
-0.01
1,027,685
582
595
62.8
40.8
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
6036.84
-0.10
1,027,788
126
605
61.2
48.4
Sat, Apr 25, 2026
6036.94
-0.09
1,028,814
182
610
69.4
49.5
Fri, Apr 24, 2026
6037.03
-0.07
1,029,738
172
497
67.5
39.4
Thu, Apr 23, 2026
6037.10
-0.03
1,030,457
261
370
61.5
46.9
Wed, Apr 22, 2026
6037.13
-0.02
1,030,766
239
306
70.3
51.8
Averages of List
6036.81
-0.05
1,027,431
442.1
470.0
66.2
47.4

Averages for May 5th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6054.12
-17.61
1,282,130
2872.62
1398.47
73.59
42.58
All-Time
6040.84
-4.33
1,170,780
2866.78
1357.23
73.59
42.58

Last 10 May 5th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, May 05, 2025
6037.69
-1.18
1,036,535
1653
402
57.4
43.6
Sun, May 05, 2024
6045.22
-8.71
1,116,961
1646
351
70.7
54.5
Fri, May 05, 2023
6051.01
-14.50
1,182,863
6795
4
70.7
45.7
Thu, May 05, 2022
6025.12
11.39
913,014
2079
303
73.0
33.0
Wed, May 05, 2021
6034.21
2.30
1,051,525
1518
589
79.0
41.0
Tue, May 05, 2020
6057.43
-20.92
1,315,475
3061
553
78.0
35.0
Sun, May 05, 2019
6043.17
-6.66
1,147,513
3536
410
n/a
n/a
Sat, May 05, 2018
6049.56
-13.05
1,220,389
1086
748
78.0
41.0
Fri, May 05, 2017
6078.20
-41.69
1,597,986
3848
2720
84.0
42.0
Thu, May 05, 2016
6071.41
-34.90
1,500,193
2124
449
84.0
48.0
Averages of List
6049.74
-13.23
1,213,213
2624
669
76.2
46.1


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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